Mother, Mother

mother mother what can i do
 a man has come to take me away
 mother mother how can i stay
 this is my childhood home
 there's a man who doesn't love me
 how can he love me
 he only knows my name
 but he's promised to keep me
 he says he will keep me
 and we'll make a life just the same
 he's got a house and some land
 40 acres of land
 3 children from his wife
 there is work to be done
 there will be work to be done
 till we're taken from this life
 mother, mother, i've nothing to choose
 but the choice it must be made
 mother mother i've nothing to lose
 it's a hard life either way
 fiddle solo - verse
 this house, i hate to leave it
 this house, i hate to grieve it
 but it's been my only home
 and maybe he will love me
 he could learn to love me
 and he would be my own.
 mother, mother, i've nothing to choose
 but the choice it must be made
 mother mother i've nothing to lose
 it's a hard life either way
 mother mother i've nothing to lose
 it's a hard life either way